2000 Aquasport 215 Explorer plumbing diagram or layout needed

[MSEAS]

Hi, I recently purchased a 2000 215 Explorer.  The previous owner tore out the live well pump, macerator pump, and all hoses including the ones for the raw water wash down. He stated the pumps were not working and since he didn’t fish, decided to remove everything.  I would like to restore everything as it was and would appreciate if anyone has a diagram or pictures would be great as well.  The wires for the two pumps were left intact in the bilge and the valve next to the motor on the port side is still in place.  Any information is appreciated, thank you.

[RickK]

Here is a link to plumbing a livewell with drain.  I would run the drain to the macerator pump and from there out the side of the hull. https://www.customlivewells.com/setup-diagrams

Some images - https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=livewell+plumbing+diagram&qpvt=livewell+plumbing+diagram&form=IGRE&first=1

There should be a ball valve on the thru hull raw water pickup. Make sure it is not a plastic type, which could break off.  Here is a pic of my Explorer's bilge initial set up - a big mess. The original thru hull had a cheap plastic valve which I removed and replaced with a metal one. 




I mounted a raw water pump on the left and a freshwater pump on the right. Raw water pump is 5 gal/min and fresh is 3.5gal/min.


From the raw water pump I pulled hose to a connection point under the helm seat. Raw under the captains chair and fresh water connection under the co-pilots chair.

[MSEAS]

@RickK. Thank you for the information and pictures.  My boat definitely has a different layout and believe it has a macerator pump for the fish boxes and a wash down pump used for the livewell and raw water washdown.  No fresh water on my model.  Could use the pictures as reference though.  I do have a metal thru hull seacock.  Wish I had the access yours has to the bilge. The picture attached is same model as mine but not my actual boat.

[RickK]

Yeah, mine has a cooler under the port helm seat and a live/baitwell under the starboard helm seat.  The 750 gph pump that was in mine may have been enough for a livewell but not for washing anything down with much force. You can see a "y" in the outfeed of the seacock - washdown and livewell. My boat did come with a fishbox that sat in the bilge access.


I took it out when I added the 40 gal freshwater tank.


We would wash the big stuff off with the raw water and then do a quick rinse with the fresh.  Also, we rinsed the lab mix pup with the fresh when she got out of the salt water.